Joel’s Scattered Thoughts

dissension: How to Configure an $80 File Server in 45 Minutes looks like a worthwhile project. I have an extra box or two at home that I might use for this. (via Lifehacker)

Honey, Not Tonight [rec.humor.funny] this joke made me laugh - it probably shouldn’t have, but it did.

I have never understood why the sexual urge of men and women differ so much…

FOR EXAMPLE: One evening last week, my wife and I were getting into bed. The passion starts to heat up, when she eventually said, “I don’t feel like it, I just want you to hold me.”

I said, “WHAT ? What was that?!”

So she says the words that every husband on the planet dreads to hear… “You’re just not in touch with my emotional needs as a woman enough for me to satisfy your physical needs as a man.” She then responded to my puzzled look by saying, “Can’t you just love me for who I am and not for what I do in the bedroom?” Realizing that nothing was going to happen that night, I went to sleep…

The very next day I opted to take the day off of work to spend time with her. We went out to a good lunch and then went shopping at a very big department store. I walked around with her while she tried on several different very expensive outfits. She couldn’t decide which one to take so I told her we’d just buy them all. She wanted new shoes to complement her new clothes, so I said, “Let’s get a pair for each outfit.”

We went onto the jewelry department where she picked out a pair of diamond earrings. Let me tell you…she was so excited. She must have thought I was one wave short of a shipwreck. I started to think she was testing me because she then asked for a tennis bracelet when she doesn’t even know how to play tennis.

I think I threw her when I said, “That’s fine, honey.” She was almost nearing sexual satisfaction from all of the excitement. Smiling with excited anticipation she finally said, “I think this is all dear, let’s go to the cashier.”

I could hardly contain myself when I blurted out, “No honey, I don’t feel like it.” Her face just went completely blank as her jaw dropped with a baffled “WHAT?” I then said, “Honey! I just want you to HOLD this stuff for a while. You’re just not in touch with my financial needs as a man enough for me to satisfy your shopping needs as a woman. ” And just when she had this look like she was going to kill me, I added, “Why can’t you just love me for who I am and not for the things I buy you?”

Apparently I’m not having sex tonight either.

FinchSync is supposed to synchronize from Thunderbird to a PDA - I’ll have to see if it works. (via Forever Geek)

I love the idea of the Werewolf game. Maybe when my kids are older?

I’m not sure why this Least I Could Do comic amuses me so much, but it does.

Here is the site with the Soil Surveys for Manitoba.

This site has soil surveys for Canada.